- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 17 April 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is auditing schools to establish whether they are ready to implement the Curriculum for Excellence.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-06314 on 17 April 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 17 April 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources are provided for schools needing additional help to implement the Curriculum for Excellence and how.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-06314 on 17 April 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 17 April 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what (i) schools and (ii) local authorities have asked for additional help in relation to their implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Answer
Education Scotland is conducting an audit of what additional support may be required within secondary schools or departments to take forward the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence.
The support package announced on 21 March outlines the resource to help meet any identified support needs.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 17 April 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when Education Scotland will complete its audit of the preparedness of schools to implement the new national exams and when the results will be published.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-06314 on 17 April 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 17 April 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many schools pupils are choosing their S3 subjects while in S2.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-06319 on 17 April 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S4W-05947 and S4W-05950 by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012, what the concerns were about the corporate governance arrangements that resulted in it taking over NHS Lothian's external audit process and, in light of these, for what reason it does not plan to review the board's corporate governance arrangements.
Answer
I detailed my response to the findings of the report by PricewaterhouseCoopers into aspects of NHS Lothian’s waiting times management and processes in a statement to Parliament on 21 March 2012. The official report of this session is available on the Scottish Parliament website at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28862.aspx?r=6922&mode=html#iob_62863.
A copy of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report has been made available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 53792).
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 22 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Water has estimated the loss to (a) households and (b) businesses in Torphichen in West Lothian and the surrounding area as a result of interruption to the water supply since April 2010.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-06124 on 21 March 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health Wellbeing and Cities Strategy last met NHS Lothian and what issues were discussed.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2012
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 21 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Water has decided if any work is to take place to improve the water supply infrastructure at Torphichen in West Lothian and the surrounding area to prevent interruptions to the water supply.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-06124 on 21 March 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 21 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when work to improve the water supply infrastructure at Torphichen in West Lothian and the surrounding area is due to take place.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-06124 on 21 March 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.